Circulating Fractalkine Levels Predict the Development of the Metabolic Syndrome

Table 2

Correlations between serum fractalkine and metabolic parameters at baseline (𝑛=887).

	Unadjusted		Age-, sex-, education-, smoking-, and drinking-adjusted
	𝑟	𝑃 value	𝑟	𝑃 value
BMI	0.24	<0.001	0.16	0.001
WC	0.29	<0.001	0.23	<0.001
WHR	0.26	<0.001	0.20	<0.001
Fat%	0.23	<0.001	0.23	<0.001
SBP	0.23	<0.001	0.12	0.019
DBP	0.19	<0.001	0.12	0.013
FPG^a	0.19	<0.001	0.14	0.006
2 h PG^a	0.25	<0.001	0.24	<0.001
FINS^a	0.21	<0.001	0.17	0.001
2 h insulin^a	0.24	<0.001	0.24	<0.001
HOMA-IR^a	0.25	<0.001	0.20	<0.001
HbA1c	0.08	0.020	0.10	0.053
TC^a	0.16	<0.001	0.10	0.040
LDL-c	0.17	<0.001	0.18	0.058
HDL-c	−0.14	<0.001	−0.15	<0.001
TG^a	0.24	<0.001	0.20	<0.001
CRP^a	0.10	0.030	0.09	0.062
SFA^a	0.20	<0.001	0.20	<0.001
VFA^a	0.32	<0.001	0.28	<0.001

Abbreviations as in Table 1.
Coefficients were performed using Pearson’s correlation analysis.
alg(x) transformation was performed because of a skewed distribution.